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Legg Mason subsidiary cuts performance fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
A subsidiary of Legg Mason has cut performance fees for two of its value funds, after recording negative returns during the COVID-19 crisis. RARE Infrastructure, a listed infrastructure manager, removed performance fees on its value funds, both hedged ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Growth continued to outperform value according to a new study by Frontier Advisers looking at the performance of fund managers in the final quarter of 20109/20. In a note released to its clients, Frontier reported that growth-focused managers outstripped ...

Australian Ethical posts record results

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
The $4.05 billion wealth manager has reported record inflows of $660 million for the financial year, telling Financial Standard that it's balanced MySuper offering returned 6.9% net of fees for the quarter. For the 2020 financial year, Australian ...

APRA funds can learn from SMSFs: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
Self-managed super funds have the edge over their APRA-regulated counterparts, according to insights from Rice Warner. Rice Warner said SMSFs cater well for retirees as their structures are more sensible and allow retirees to manage their finances properly. ...

AustralianSuper appoints head of financial crime

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... of financial crime, security and resilience, Garcia will be responsible for compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, preventing fraud and other financial crime. He will also work on business continuity, privacy, data governance ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
Sustainable companies are performing better and responsible investment funds are largely continuing to outperform the general market, according to a new report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). The report, COVID-19 and ...

Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... March 27. This was followed by more stimulus measures: on April 1, the RBI announced it would defer the implementation of counter-cyclical capital buffer, review of limits of Way and Means advances of States/UTs and an extension of realisation period ...

Dividend yield set to dial down to zero

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Contrarian fund manager Allan Gray predicts dividend headwinds are on the horizon, arguing investors shouldn't expect any yield from the majority of ASX-listed companies in the near future. Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney said he ...

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Australians lost $126 million to investment scams in 2019, with many fraudsters using 'celebrity' endorsements to rort investors. According to the latest figures coming out of the ACCC's Targeting Scams report, Australians were defrauded ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... social interaction and loosening of lockdown restrictions should improve demand for labour going forward. However, this is counter-balanced by the real and present danger posed by a second wave of infections. One that's underscored by the resurgence ...